Judge Rejects SpaceX Attempt to Keep Labor Board Suit in Texas

SpaceX failed to convince a federal judge in Texas to cancel his order sending one of the company’s constitutional challenges against the National Labor Relations Board to California.

Judge Rolando Olvera, an Obama appointee in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, on Tuesday rejected the company’s argument that he lacked jurisdiction to order the transfer because a federal appellate court has control of the dispute.

But while SpaceX’s motion was pending in Olvera’s court, the Elon Musk-owned aerospace firm filed an emergency motion with the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit seeking to nix ...